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1) Zooman Sam
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.
Author
Series
Wild hearts volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Love runs wild at the Sagebrush Flats Zoo, where a motley crew of big-hearted animals helps the most unlikely couples find love. When Katie Underwood discovers a litter of newborn cougar cubs, the last person she expects to come to the rescue is her former crush--and high school nemesis--Bowie Wilson ... As a single father and owner of a cash-strapped zoo, Bowie struggles to balance budgets while raising his pre-teen daughter and a host of rascally...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes what a zoo provides for its visitors and discusses the kinds of jobs performed there. Includes sidebar information, color photos, a glossary, and an index.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides a behind-the-scenes look at zoo animals and describes how zookeepers care for, train, and interact with the animals who live there.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
AD 900L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Going to the zoo is so exciting! You might see penguins swimming underwater, snakes sunning in the reptile house, or giraffes eating leaves out of high trees. You might even see people at the zoo, ones just like you! But what do those people do?
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When he misses his bus to the zoo, Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper who was up late planning a surprise for his friends, gets some unexpected help.
8) Endangered
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
Zookeeper Iris Oakley finds herself entangled with the brutal operatives of an exotic animal smuggling ring when she tries to find out who's responsible for a group of abandoned rare animals found during a drug bust.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this wordless picture book, follow Walrus on a happy-go-lucky spree through the big city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
10) Did not survive
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
Iris Oakley, pregnant and still grieving her husband's murder, investigates an elephant attack on her boss at the Finley Memorial Zoo in Vancouver, Washington where she works as a keeper. Trouble escalates when several animals go missing, and Iris finds more than enough suspects that hate her boss.
Author
Language
English
Description
The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts....
12) Knut & friends
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow the young life of an adorable polar bear cub who beat the odds to not only thrive but become one of the most famous bears in the world. Learn how a caring Berlin zookeeper takes care of him, and of how a trio of polar bear newborns and two orphaned brown bears get into all sorts of mischief.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Okay, maybe there are people in Antarctica with penguins in their basements, but in Virginia? Only Meg's dad could manage that one. A body down there--well, that's somewhat more likely. It turns out that explaining the penguins' presence is easy--Meg's dad volunteered to take care of the birds until the future of the bankrupt local zoo could be determined. But identifying the body in the basement proves a harder task--could it be, as Meg fears, that...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First e-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages).
Language
English
Description
Zookeeper Theodora 'Teddy' Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay Area Renaissance Faire. Soon after, Teddy stumbles upon the still-warm body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel. He is dressed in his royal robes as Henry VIII. At first it appears as if Alejandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look reveals a crossbow dart in the man's back. Teddy's investigation proves the "reverend" is...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Rourke has two great loves in her life: the gorilla troop she cares for as a primatologist and the laundry list of reality TV shows she watches to escape the fact that her actual love life doesn't exist. And like a reality contestant gunning for the final rose, Lucy is laser-focused on one thing: getting promoted to senior keeper. So when a wildlife docuseries hosted by hotshot TV personality Kai Bridges chooses her zoo as its summer filming...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Joe Exotic, star of the Netflix original documentary that "consumed the pop-cultural imagination" (The Atlantic) and united a nation in the midst of a global crisis, opens up about his outlandish journey from Midwestern farmer to infamous Tiger King, and finally, to federal inmate"--
"Joe Exotic, star of the Netflix original documentary that "consumed the pop-cultural imagination" (The Atlantic) and united a nation in the midst of a global crisis,...
18) Zookeeper
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship,...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Though she is deeply loved by her parents, the fact that Lydia Brand is adopted has always made her different from her close-knit Amish community. But as Christmas approaches and she begins to search for answers about her biological parents, more questions surface. Soon it seems that the deaths of two women in her small town may not be coincidences, after all. And her pursuit of the truth has left her only with hints of a dark secret--and threats...